as good as done
as good as done
Finished in every practical or functional sense; almost completely done. This project is as good as done, so I'm going home for the night.
See also: done, good
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*good as done
the same as being done; almost done. (*Also: as ∼. Many different words can replace done in this phrase, according to context: cooked, dead, finished, painted, typed, etc.) This job is as good as done. It'll just take another second. Yes, sir, if you hire me to paint your house, it's as good as painted. When I hand my secretary a package to be shipped, I know that it's as good as delivered right then and there.
See also: done, good
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
good as done, as
Virtually finished or accomplished, as in Your printing job is as good as done. This idiom was first recorded in 1530.
See also: good
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- good as done
- good as done, as
- (as) good as finished
- finished
- no time like the present
- no time like the present, there's
- there's no time like the present
- be done
- be done with (someone or something)
- good and quickly seldom meet